Urban Meyer: We couldn’t control the line of scrimmage

But I’ll write it off to a young man who was frustrated and emotional after a heartbreaking loss. Elliot is accustomed to performing in big games, carrying the ball 36 times for 246 yards with four touchdowns in last season’s National Championship game after rushing 20 times for 230 yards and two touchdowns in the College Football Playoff Semifinal against Alabama. After the upset, Meyer said, “I couldn’t disagree with his comments”. “He’s a warrior. There were just so many people at the line of scrimmage we couldn’t control it”, Meyer said. He added that Elliott has been good student and a loyal and selfless member of the team. “He apologized. We squashed it as a team”. “That kid you’re talking about, he’s one of my favorite of all times”.

“No I’m not content…[not with] a lot of plays anyway”. A win over Ohio State and a MI State loss to Penn State is the necessary combination.

“Very collegial”, he said with a nod.

Elliott had 12 carries in the Buckeyes’ 17-14 loss at home to MI State.

“Today, I’m most reminded of a time I wasn’t even here”, Harbaugh said on Monday during his weekly press conference. And even though their season is not over with this loss, because a loss to number nine ranked MI State is not a awful loss in the eyes of the committee, some of the Ohio State players are acting like it is. “He said what was in his heart”. But he didn’t show any ill effects and said he felt perfectly fine at game time. “But that’s not the place to do it”.

“That would be really, really cool to leave here like that”, Decker said. That was no surprise, but it was startling that he made that proclamation in that setting. “So, what I’m doing right now, is every ounce of ability, every ounce of energy and focus is going on trying to win this game”.

But Elliott rushed only twice in the second half as the Spartans rallied and eventually nailed a game-winning field goal in the final seconds, putting Ohio State’s title hopes both in the Big Ten and nationally on the ropes. “This will be my last game in the “Shoe”, said the running back.

“Finally, I just want Buckeye Nation to know I am sorry for all the controversy and unrest I caused in the past couple of days”. You guys saw that on that drive, and we had a lot of momentum.

Teammates supported Elliott on Monday, echoing the comments were accurate but the venue was off target. In short, they all said no and pointed to things like him crying after the game and the fact that he hands the ball to the official after he scores. “Year two might get a little insane, it may be one of the things we look at”.

The crippled Spartan offense, with starting Quarterback Connor Cook sidelined with a sore shoulder, scored just enough to win, while MI State’s Defense held the Buckeyes to a record low 132 total yards.